188 



^ 7. CALLOSUS, N. ab. E. in Wall. PI. As. Rar. iii, p 85. 

 Shrubby, 6 feet high ; stem verrucose ; leaves elliptic-cuspidate, 

 running down into a long petiole, with minute callous teeth on the 

 margin, scabrous and ciliated ; spikes axillary, compound, shorter 

 than the leaf; bracts orbicular, ventricose, lower more remote, 

 sterile ; branches as thick as a goose-quill, 4-sided, glabrous, often 

 rough with warts and grey points; leaves 7 to 10 inches long; flowers, 

 deep-blue ; seeds quite smooth. The Ghauts ; flowers in August. 

 8. JNEESIANA, R. Wight Ic. t. 1523. Surrruticose ; ramuli' sub- 

 terete, glabrous ; leaves unequal, elliptic-ovate ; acuminate-acute, 

 and subunequal at the base, coarsely crenate- serrated ; stillato- 

 hirsute, densely lineolate above, sparingly pubescent beneath ; pe- 

 duncles axillary, often trifid, numerous and subpanicled towards the 

 end of the branches, bibracteolate about the middle ; spikes short, 

 ovate-capitulate ; bracts foliaceous, acuminate, retuse at the point, 

 clothed with viscid pubescence; calyx and shorter bracteoles 

 densely pilose ; corolla sparingly pubescent without, bristly hirsute 

 within. iSalsette, and hills throughout the Concans ; common. 



17. BARLERIA, Linn. 



1. TERMINALTS, N. ab E. in DC. Prod, ii, p 225. Stem stri- 

 gose ; leaves oval-oblong, running down with a wing into a long 

 petiole ; flowers spicate ; spikes destitute of bracts, crowded at the 

 apex of the branches ; bracteoles lanceolate, nearly as long as the 

 calyx; calyx pubescent, ciliated; the larger segments subequal; 

 oval-acute, entire ; flower deep-blue, 2 inches long. The Ghauts ; 

 flowers in November and December. This is No. 1184 of Graham's 

 Catalogue. 



2. COURTALLICA, N. ab E. loc. cit. p 226. Stem fruticose ; 

 leaves oblong, glabrous, shining, attenuated at both ends ; spikes 

 axillary and terminal, short, hairy, and glandular; bracts and brac- 

 teoles linear subulate; flowers 14 inch long, blue and yellow. On 

 Chorla Ghaut. 



3. DICHOTOMA, Roxb. Fl Ind. iii, p 39. SufFruticose, adpress- 

 ed, strigose ; stem with opposite branches; leaves elliptic-oblong, 

 attenuated at both ends, petioled ; spikes axillary and terminal ; 

 flowers white, secund ; bracts linear-lanceolate, pectinate, ciliated ; 

 larger calycine segments ovate-subulate, serrate. IN ear the village 

 of Penn. Though certainly a native of India, it has never been 

 found truly wild. It is a favourite plant of the Brahmins, and is 

 often found planted near temples. 



4. CRISTATA, Linn. sp. PI, p 887. Herbaceous, all overstrigose, 

 with adpressed hairs ; leaves elliptic, attenuated at both ends, 

 petioled ; peduncles axillary, very short, few-flowered ; bracts linear 



